I think I’m being stalked by a movie…
It all started when I was browsing Netflix. Red Dawn popped up as a recommended movie. Now, twenty years ago I *loved* that movie, but I haven’t thought of it since then. I was briefly nostalgic, remembering all the apocalyptic WW3 movies I used to love, and then I promptly forgot about it.
A day or two later, I stumbled across the Bloggess. Oh. My. God. How have I missed her until now? Of course, the first post I see is about how she and her minions made WOLVERINES!! the top trend on twitter. Hmmm, I think, another Red Dawn reference; that’s weird…
I didn’t get frightened until someone sent me to the National Review’s list of the Best Conservative Movies. I admit that at first I thought that the list was a joke, but it appears that a couple of my favorite movies are truly conservative. Somehow I never thought 300’s ultra violence meshed with conservative guidelines, and silly me, I always thought Gattaca was about using your innate abilities to fight back against the ruling elite… Then I started to get very scared: I saw that Red Dawn comes in at #15 on the list.
Three times is no longer just a coincidence; Red Dawn is definitely stalking me. Soon I expect to see visions of paratroopers outside my windows, peeking in on me in my pjs. At this point I don’t know if I should avoid the movie at all cost, or if I should add it to my Netflix queue.
I do know that I am scared. If someone shouts “Wolverines!” at me in the grocery store, I’ll probably run away, gibbering in terror.
Wolverine! Oh, wait… that’s a hot Aussie man in black leather. My bad.
Clearly, this just means you need to get Red Dawn on Nexflix and revel in its utter 80’s-ness.
Me too! I totally got attacked by a wolverine this morning! Victor says it was a badger but it’s pretty much the same thing.
The universe is speaking to us.